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vessel
English
Alternative forms
- vessell (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English vessel, vessell, from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau), from Latin v?scellum, diminutive of v?sculum, diminutive of v?s (“vessel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?s.?l/, /?v?s.l?/
- Rhymes: -?s?l
Noun
vessel (plural vessels)
- (nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat. [From c.1300]
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- But my hope was, that if I stood along this coast till I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- A craft designed for transportation through air or space. [From 1915]
- (uncountable, obsolete or dialectal) Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals. [c.1300–c.1600]
- 1523, John Bourchier, tr. Jean Froissart, Here begynneth the first volum of sir Iohan Froyssart : of the cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretayne, Flauders: and other places adioynynge.:
- All his Vessell was of golde and siluer, pottis, basons, ewers, dysshes, flagons, barels, cuppes, and all other thyngis.
- 1523, John Bourchier, tr. Jean Froissart, Here begynneth the first volum of sir Iohan Froyssart : of the cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretayne, Flauders: and other places adioynynge.:
- A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher. [From c.1300]
- A person as a container of qualities or feelings. [From 1382]
- He is a chosen vessel unto me.
- 1975, Dolly Parton, The Seeker lyrics:
- I am a vessel that’s empty and useless / I am a bad seed that fell by the way.
- (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant. [From 1398]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:vessel
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
vessel (third-person singular simple present vessels, present participle vesselling or (US) vesseling, simple past and past participle vesselled or (US) vesseled)
- (transitive) To put into a vessel.
- 1577, William Harrison, The Description of England in Holinshed’s Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 3, Chapter 12 “Of venemous beastes &c.,”[2]
- Our hony al?o is taken and reputed to be the be?t bycau?e it is harder, better wrought & clenlyer ve??elled vp, th? that which cõmeth from beyond the ?ea, where they ?tampe and ?traine their combes, Bées, & young Blow|inges altogither into the ?tuffe, as I haue béene informed.
- 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie, London: W. Lee, Cent. VI, section 529, p. 137,[3]
- The fourth Rule ?hall be, to marke what Herbs, ?ome Earths doe put fourth of them?elves; And to take that Earth, and to Pot it, or to Ve??ell it; And in that to ?et the Seed you would change […]
- 1662, John Heydon, The Harmony of the World, London: Robert Horn, Epistle Dedicatory,[4]
- Man had at the fir?t, and ?o have all ?ouls before their entrance into the body, an explicite methodicall knowledge, but they are no ?ooner ve??el’d, but that liberty is lo?t, and nothing remains but a va?t confu?ed notion of the creature […]
- 2009, Reaper (TV series), 2nd season, episode known as The Home Stretch:
- [Samuel 'Sam' Oliver:] Alright (or: All right), so the Devil didn't say that the winner was the one who vesseled (or: vesselled) him, just the one who sends him back to hell.
- 1577, William Harrison, The Description of England in Holinshed’s Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 3, Chapter 12 “Of venemous beastes &c.,”[2]
References
- “vessel” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
Anagrams
- -selves, selves
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vescel, vessell, fessell, vessall, vesel, vessayle, fessel, wessell, ffessell
Etymology
From Old French vaissel, vessel, from Latin v?scellum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?s?l/, /?v?s?l/
Noun
vessel (plural vessels or vessel)
- A container or vessel; a box for storage:
- A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:
- (by extension) A decorative container; a vase used for adornment.
- (by extension) A piece of cookware; a container used for cooking.
- (by extension) Any sort of kitchen tool or utensil.
- A container used for the storage of medicines; a pharmaceutical container.
- Any object, especially a container, used in religious ceremonies or rituals.
- A large container or vat used for bulk storage.
- (alchemy) Alchemical equipment, ware, or tools.
- Traveling equipment; travel gear.
- A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:
- In several anatomical senses:
- (figuratively) A human being or the body of a human being.
- Blood vessels; the tubes that blood travels in.
- Any sort of tube, duct or canal in the body (e.g. the intestines)
- (figuratively, rare) The heart (as the seat of feelings).
- A seafaring vessel; a boat or ship.
- (mainly Biblical) A machine, device, or method.
Derived terms
- vesselling
- vesselment
Descendants
- English: vessel
- Scots: veshel
References
- “vessel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-20.
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sidewheeler
English
Etymology
side +? wheel +? -er
Noun
sidewheeler (plural sidewheelers)
- (nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a pair of paddle wheels positioned one on each side
See also
- sternwheeler
sidewheeler From the web:
- what does sidewheeler mean
- what does sidewheeler
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